The Color Purple in Your Knoxville Landscape Design

Adding color to your landscaping with plants is one of the easiest and most affordable ways to add curb appeal to your Knoxville landscaping. Although some folks like to include a rainbow of colors, there’s something to be said for the drama you can achieve with a somewhat monochromatic approach to plant selection. Here’s a great example we came across on our recent vacation to Milwaukee, Wisconsin where we visited The Domes botanical gardens.

Pleasing Purple Plants

Get the Look

To start seeing purple in your landscape design in Knoxville, Tenn., consider adding some of these purple plants to your palette:

Salvia

Lavender

Russian Sage

Heuchera (Coral Bells)

Lenten Rose

Loropetalum

Purple Queen

Merlot Red Bud

Petunia

Muscari

Liriope

Color Pairings for Purple Plants

To really land the monochromatic look of a landscape bed, you’ll need to branch out (pun intended) from purple just a bit. Here are some of my favorite yellow and silver plants to accent your purple ones:

Black-eyed Susan

Daylily

Lamb’s Ear

Dusty Miller

Russian Sage

Rosemary

It’s best to use these accent plants sparingly when setting off purple plants.